Post AxtoXF11oT4m5Oc652 by mittimithai@neenster.org
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 (DIR) Post #AxtoXBTEzdGb5jmZV2 by highergeometer@mathstodon.xyz
       2025-09-05T05:08:43Z
       
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       Springer now demand that your pre-acceptance version of a paper on the arXiv comes with a disclaimer:“This preprint has not undergone peer review (when applicable) or any post-submission improvements or corrections. The Version of Record of this article is published in [insert journal title], and is available online at https://doi.org/[insert DOI]”."and forbids you from putting the version accepted on the arXiv under an OA license:"The rights granted to the Author with respect to the Accepted Manuscript are subject to the conditions that (i) the Accepted Manuscript is not enhanced or substantially reformatted by the Author or any third party, and (ii) the Author includes on the Accepted Manuscript an acknowledgement in the following form, together with a link to the published version on the publisher’s website: “This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/[insert DOI]. Use of this Accepted Version is subject to the publisher’s Accepted Manuscript terms of use https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-manuscript-terms”. Under no circumstances may an Accepted Manuscript be shared or distributed under a Creative Commons or other form of open access licence."So Springer is saying it has control over how people use papers on the arXiv:  "Use of this Accepted Version is subject to the publisher’s Accepted Manuscript terms of use."I knew none of this when I submitted my paper, nor when I uploaded my updated paper to the arXiv.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxtoXCotyaBhHCvNtw by highergeometer@mathstodon.xyz
       2025-09-05T05:09:15Z
       
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       The only thing you can do is tick a box that says "you are agreeing to the content in this publishing agreement, and are legally bound to it."or email them for "help".
       
 (DIR) Post #AxtoXE0zX7S6yzaYNs by highergeometer@mathstodon.xyz
       2025-09-05T07:13:32Z
       
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       Springer's 'terms of use' for the 'accepted manuscript' version include forbidding sharing the file—say from the arXiv—with others (paragraph 5 is essentially fair use provisions and quoting in an academic context), and even the *authors* are forbidden from making any changes whatsoever to the accepted manuscript at any later date.Pfft.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxtoXF11oT4m5Oc652 by mittimithai@neenster.org
       2025-09-05T14:43:56.141779Z
       
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       Add a header to your paper draft saying you protest these terms at Springer and upload it anyway.